Best Veg For Rabbits

Grow Your Rabbit Farm Joan/Flickr Ruth-Ann Bell of Skyward Bound Farms in Pennsylvania got her start with meat rabbits as a 4-H project when she was 8 years old. Becoming a member of the ARBA is an excellent way to learn about meat rabbits before starting...

And for those processing their animals at home, the animals' skins are loose and easy to remove. Rabbit meat is lean, flavorful and among the healthiest meats people can consume other than fish.

Courtesy @farmbugaboo/via Instagram Courtesy @farmbugaboo/via Instagram Courtesy Tiffany R. This time of year, everyone from small children to seasoned adult farmers get a little twitterpated over our long-eared bunny friends—and not just because they...

It's quite adorable. Indicating the pain of constipation, your rabbit may seem lethargic and sit in a hunched manner as well as refuse to eat or drink. Their ears will also be red and very warm.

Pasturing makes for very healthy rabbits, improves the quality of the land, requires less feed, and reduces your chances of disease or parasites by moving them to fresh ground every day.

There are many “footed” ferns which produce fuzzy rhizomes that grow outside the pot. Bury the rhizome completely in this medium and cover the container with plastic wrap to create greenhouse conditions.

I'm crazy for rabbits, and I can't imagine anything sadder than keeping rabbits in tiny wire cages. Some days, when I was working for hours digging and sweating to make the rabbit paradise, I would cross the street at lunch time and eat in a funky restaurant...

Alpacas Micolo J/Flickr If you're looking for some larger livestock to introduce your children to, I'd recommend alpacas. “Rabbits are usually friendly, but can be rather skittish with unsure hands holding them.

A gentle shower keeps the fronds looking clean and fresh and also removes many of the insects that feed on the foliage. The rabbit's foot fern plant gets its name from the furry rhizomes that grow on top of the soil and resemble a rabbit's foot.

I'm having a mental war with a rabbit. I'd release him—unharmed, I swear—in the far back of our property and hope he couldn't find his way back to the garden (hahaha). It ‘s not a big rabbit, mind you.

In the series “ Working Animals On The Farm ,” we'll explore the various ways livestock can earn their keep on your land. Like spring chicks , they are often an impulse buy due to their fluffy adorableness but are often either overfed by well-meaning...

Are you a fiber artist and fiber farmer interested in turning what was once a hobby into a business now that you have a dozen or more of the little cuties hopping around? What about you?

Knowing whether and how to feed your bottle baby colostrum or colostrum replacer is just one thing to consider when raising baby livestock. This article contains excerpts from Bottle Babies, by Sue Weaver, a Hobby Farms contributing editor.

This round of contenders is led by a calf and a goat. Olivia Ireland R. Jon Harpst Jr. Abby Stewart Angela Tomsha Nancy Olschewsky Kandye Jones This story originally appeared in the September/October 2017 issue of Hobby Farms.

(We leave our rock piles for toad houses!) Ages 4-8: As time goes on, children will become more opinionated about what goes into the garden and where. Provide them with some appropriately sized garden tools and turn them loose.

These types of baskets are great because they can be placed in a sunny window throughout the holidays for decor and then placed back out when the weather is warm.The holidays can get stressful and expensive but it doesn't have to be if you have a garden.

The thin graceful leaves grow in clusters as they do on its cousin, the common Schefflera umbrella tree. They are said to adapt to most light levels, except for strong sunlight. Let's look at Ming, dinnerplate, and false aralias which are making appearances...

Ugh, tax time! Are you wishing that you had a magic money tree? A minor point but one that some readers may find importantMoney Tree art at left by the incomparable "Inky" Used here with permission, Thank you! Inky Art not to be used elsewhere without...

Geese and ducks provide down/feathers, and peacocks' plumage is a classic decoration that sells well at the local farmers' market. For most of us, the fact that in some countries, horses are also seen as a source for meat/milk is unsettling, so we just...

Now, double the cord from this length. It looks a bit like a Hangman's Noose, and that is what it's called. In high school, I made quite a bit of money making custom macrame hangers for florists.

Choosing Your Rabbit Breed There are 47 rabbit breeds officially recognized by the American Rabbit Breeders' Association, but only a few of these breeds exhibit angora wool, the type used for fiber arts.

Your odds may improve with Lucky Bamboo. It should do well with standard office lighting or a bright spot in a home. Short stems of bamboo sell for a dollar or so. You'll never have to judge soil moisture.

I had been making grapevine wreaths for years, so making a grapevine tree shouldn't be an insurmountable task.At any rate, one of the most challenging activities that creative folks encounter is figuring out the ways and means to bring our ideas to fruition.

When my friends call me during the winter months, most know better than to ask how I am. I have not been this warm in a very long time.It isn't strange to me anymore, the friendships that are made on Dave's Garden.

The versatlity and fun of using my smart phone are making it an everyday tool in all my gardening endeavors. While I can't advise you on apps, the virtual market where I am shopping for them has user reviews attached.

To make a profit from your backyard flock, you can raise them for meat or eggs, but also consider raising them for the chicks. Of course, no one is going to begrudge you for just keeping some pygmy goats as fine manure-producing pets either.

My reading suggested placing multiple feeders out of sight of one another. After that there were several different individuals, probably 3 or 4, frequenting both the feeders and the flowers.